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Bezig met laden... An Inconvenient Wife: A Modern Tudor Mystery (Modern Tudor Mysteries) (editie 2024)door Karen E. Olson (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was a great mystery. I did start to write the characters names down, especially the wives and kids because a lot of people are introduced in the beginning, but actually, I did find it easy to follow. Great mystery, however, the ending is not super clear cut and leads you to believe Catherine (Wife #1) is behind it all, but doesn't come out and say it. I also feel like maybe Hank does have something to do with it. Definitely a game of who is outsmarting who and who is really ahead of the game? I'm thinking with the way it was left, maybe the author is going to come out with a second book? I guess we'll see! And this was a "Once Upon a Book Club" book, so of course, it was fun to open the gifts! ( ) When I was in my twenties, I devoured all sorts of fiction and nonfiction about Tudor England-- including the book mentioned by the author in her Afterward. I could not resist An Inconvenient Wife, Olson's modern retelling of Henry VIII and his six wives. (Are you familiar with "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" as a way to keep those six women's fates straight?) Don't worry. If you're unfamiliar with Henry and his wives, you'll still enjoy this book. The machinations of several characters are well worth the price of admission all by themselves. However, if you are familiar with that particular period of history, that knowledge will add some zest-- and some smiles-- to Olson's story. Not only that but there will be surprises, too, because this modern retelling is not a slavish imitation of the past. An Inconvenient Wife is one of those books in which you can't say much about the story or its characters without giving something inadvertently away, so I am going to resist temptation and merely say that I enjoyed this book and the surprises I found along the way. Give it a try. (Review copy courtesy of the publisher) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Kate Parker knows what she's getting into when she marries billionaire businessman Hank Tudor-she's his sixth wife, after all, and was by his side (as his assistant) when his fifth marriage to actress Caitlyn Howard fell apart. But honeymoon plans go awry when a headless body is discovered near Hank's summer home, forcing Kate to contend with two more of his exes: Catherine Alvarez-the first-who lives as a shut-in with her computers, carefully following Tudor Enterprises; and Anna Klein-the fourth-who runs a bed-and-breakfast where she and her wife keep a steady eye on things-particularly Hank's children, Lizzie and Teddy. In this clever and suspenseful reimagining of Tudor era betrayals, these three women become entwined in a deadly game of cat and mouse-with each other, Hank, and Hank's brilliant fixer, Tom Cromwell-as Kate seeks to solve the puzzle of who the murdered woman is, who killed her, and whether her death has any connection to the other headless body from eight years ago"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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